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This shot was taken on the wreck/artificial reef of the Eagle outside of Tavernier in the Keys last Saturday. The arrow crab appears to be holding something that looks like an egg sac. If so this could be a female shot just before releasing her young. If anyone can be more specific as to what I...

I did a two tank dive on the wreck (err...artificial reef) of the Eagle with Conch Republic Divers out of Tavernier in the Florida Keys last Saturday. This guy also did the "double eagle" and looked suspiciously familiar to me. Can anyone help with the ID? ---Bob ---------- Post added July...

My August issue of Scuba Diving magazine just arrived. Starting on page 36 there is a feature article titled "Where Oceans Collide." Check out pages 42, 43 and 45 for fantastic pictures credited to Mike Veitch. Way to go Mike!!!! ---Bob

For a number of reasons I shall not bore you with, I have not gotten wet since February and have not had my 20D underwater since last year. Capt Gary at Conch Republic Divers helped me break my slump on an extended weekend in the Keys. On Monday Gary took my wife Lynne and I to the Conch Wall...

If you are looking for a cheat sheet for Photoshop shortcuts, Trevor Morris has updated his for CS4. If you are running prior versions of Photoshop you can download a cheat sheet for the version you are using back to PS5. I find these to be very useful and hope they are of help to Scubaboard...

Anyone who has taken an underwater photograph has experienced that malaise of depth and lack of strobe coverage called the Dead Red Channel. Several years ago a member of this forum, David Kusner, who went by the board name Mandrake demonstrated a method to repair the dead red channel in...

Last month I renenwed my 5 yr crayfish license on line since it was due to expire in August. On 8/12 I got my new license bearing an expiration date of 8/9/08. It has been returned for reissuance. I hope I dont get pulled over today because the paperwork is confusing. ---Bob

My granddaughter thinks my boardname is silly and wants me to change it to my real name "PapaBob." Although there is a funny story behind my handle it is old, loses in translation, and I want to please the child. Is there any way to change your board name? I tried a search on old threads...

I cannot tell you how much I would have loved going diving this week. Unfortunately, forces have conspired to chain me to my desk. I guess I will have to dive vicariously through Matt. Will someone who is witnessing this wonderful event take the time to post reports, a picture or two, or even...

The first rule of photography is “have a camera with you.” Like many of you I find it a pain to lug around a dSLR and assortment of lenses and attachments although I have both large and small backpacks for this purpose. I wanted a backup “point and shoot” but the vast majority of products in...

I hope most of my S. Fla friends had a chance to get wet today. I got an invite to dive off a friend's boat in Boynton. Seas were calm, the water was warm, the vis was great and the thunderstorms waited until after we got back. I hope you and yours had a great day as well. A link to some...

You may recall that Cayman Diver was kind enough to post several images for edit assistance. I discussed some adjustment methods in a tutorial. There were a few more tricks I wanted to share so I recently posted a continuation of the tutorial. Here is the link to part II CLICK HERE. ---Bob

I will start by thanking Cayman Diver once again for posting a great image to illustrate correction techniques for underwater images. All of the copyrights to this image belong to him. After posting my tutorial, I worked with the image some more and had a few alternative techniques I wanted...

Cayman Diver posted the following image with requests for assistance in editing. I did a quick work through and posted the following result. I was asked for my steps and offered to post a tutorial.

I recently sent a piece of equipment to Ikelite for repair. It was past warranty, well worked, and it would be unreasonable to expect Ikelite to replace it. I got the dreaded message that repair was not economical. Ike offered to sell me a replacement at a very reasonable price. Turn around...

After a long day of beating off determined divers. I relax with my favorite beer ..... Dos Equis

C&C...what a great idea Caloy! The following are 4 frames I took of an anemone last weekend north of the Boynton Inlet. They were RAW shots loaded into the ACR and converted to Jpeg with no adjustments at all. No Photoshop. As shot. What I would like to know is which of the 4 do you like...

Based upon the excellent suggestion of Ron Frank, I am posting this BOLO on a Moray in distress. You can read about it in THIS THREAD. The critter was last seen on the far north end of the inside reef (further south we would call this the second reef) located north of the Boynton Inlet just...